|
|
|
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 - 5.00 GMT |
|
International probe on SL not only unfair but oppressive
- Minister Peiris |
|
|
|
The Minister of External Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiris condemned the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay's call for an independent international inquiry into alleged war crimes during the final stages of the battle between the security forces and the LTTE.
Speaking to BBC, the Minister stated that an international probe on Sri Lanka is not only unfair but also oppressive. ‘It is as though some people will not rest until they are successful in harassing Sri Lanka,’ he said.
He added that this attitude was ‘repugnant to the basic values and principles that are enshrined in the UN system’.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently appointed the Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation to examine key aspects of the conflict ended a year ago.
Delivering the opening statement at the 14th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, the UN Rights Chief expressed doubts in the outcome of the Commission.
‘We think any foreign intervention is not only unwarranted but will be a source of hindrance, a detriment to the work of the commission as it gets under way,’ Prof. Peiris said.
At the press briefing on May 28 with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Minister Peiris urged the United Nations to give Sri Lanka space to allow the Commission to begin its work without impediment or without hindrance.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
004 |
|
|
|
Contact Information:: Send
mail to